Music in the 1980s was distinct. While artists today seem to borrow from the gamut of music history, musicians in the ’80s were doing their own thing, carving out a unique sound that couldn’t be ...

Rock fans have sounded off and named their top 10 favorite rock ballads of the '80s. Ultimateclassicrock.com compiled the list from reader comments, forming a top 10 of sounds that belong on every ...

In the early years of hair metal, the Sunset Strip bands were more akin to The New York Dolls’ glam punk than what emerged on MTV in the mid-80s. Some bands, like Faster Pussycat and L.A. Guns, ...

SBS 'The Ballad of Us' reinterprets hit ballads from the '70s and '80s. On the 3rd at noon, the compilation album 'The Ballad of Us Best (BEST)': 1970~1980 ballad collection will be released on ...

The 1980s brought us a lot: Reaganomics, the fall of the Berlin Wall — and the rock and roll power ballad. REO Speedwagon, who perform at the Crown Theatre on Saturday, had two of the biggest with ...

Sometimes, you just need to crank up those old rock tunes and let yourself feel all the feels. The ‘80s were a golden era for rock music, and among the headbangers and anthems, there was a treasure ...

If you don’t realize how important REO Speedwagon was in making power ballads the popular presence on radio in the late 1970s and 1980s, you weren’t there. The group sold 30 million albums and had a ...

A summer looms that will bring presidential campaigning to a boil. Meanwhile, the heart-tuggers at NBC are warming us up for the Olympics, where athletic competition routinely takes a back seat to TV ...

Love ballads, '80s hits, and some disco jams make up the bulk of Gloria Bell's fun soundtrack When Gloria Bell director Sebastian Lelio was putting together the soundtrack for the film, which is about ...